Perkins is now offering online workshops for teachers and parents of children who are visually impaired. These workshops are sort of like “mini” online courses that offer an in-depth learning experience.

Perkins is now offering online workshops for teachers and parents of children who are visually impaired. These workshops are sort of like “mini” online courses that offer an in-depth learning experience.

This webinar will focus on the many universal design technologies built-in to the iOS. This will be followed by alternative access options to the iPad – from styluses, to keyguards, to switches. Access options built into the iOS and into specific apps will be also be discussed. We will cover the range of switch interfaces that offer compatibility to switch accessible apps – and participants will be given links to resources for finding switch accessible apps. This year has also seen the release of a few more comprehensive alternative access options – offering switch access between apps as well as within many apps. Some of these also offer control of your iPad via wheelchair joysticks. These more comprehensive hardware and software alternative access options will be covered – as well as a discussion of the role that the iOS accessibility features of VoiceOver and AssistiveTouch play in alternative access.

Grade 1 Braille (now called Uncontracted Braille). Braille revolutionized life for the vision impaired. Discover how this remarkable system works. This video will teach you the braille alphabet, numbers and punctuation marks ...

Elizabeth states that she is on a mission to make UDL a mindset. I have been on that mission for over a decade and gladly join her. Here is what she says about her mission:

"I’m on a mission to bring this UDL mindset to the teams of teachers I work with — and to help create a district-wide framework to make daily instruction accessible for all students in inclusive settings. I’ve taken some small steps this year, and I’m excited for the steps ahead!"

In this webcast Megan Cote from the Kansas Deaf-Blind Project, Jon Harding from the National Consortium of Deaf-Blindness, and Bob Taylor from the Kansas School for the Blind present a model for distance mentorship developed in the state of Kansas.

This presentation by Laura Campaña, Director of Infant & Early Childhood Program at Junior Blind of America, was given at CTEBVI (CA Transcribers and Educators for the Blind and Visually Impaired) in March 2012. It introduces multiple...

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